Microsoft today has announced new
interoperability for SQL Server and Azure SQL Database through the delivery of
a driver for PHP.
The
driver, in preview, allows developers to use the PHP scripting language
(version 5.5) to connect to SQL Server and Azure SQL Database. And, as part of
the company's recent openness campaign, the full source code for the driver is
also available.
This is
just another step in Microsoft's interoperability movement. The company expects
to release a JDBC Driver for SQL Server compatible with JDK7 in the coming
weeks. Once available, the JDBC driver will allow developers to architect their
applications with full connection capabilities to SQL Server against Java 7.
The
preview driver is available here: Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server
The full
source code is available on GITHUB here: Microsoft
Drivers for PHP for SQL Server project
Suggestions,
bug reports, and general feedback is being filtered through the Microsoft
Connect site: SQL Server or SQL Database in Windows Azure
